Choral services
Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.
The music sung ranges from Gregorian chant dating from the first millennium to contemporary music and encompasses the remarkable richness and variety of the Anglican choral tradition.
This week's choral services
| Sunday, 31st May 2026 | |||||
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| Trinity Sunday | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Crecquillon Missa Congratulamini mihi Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Immensa et una Trinitas Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 1st June 2026 | |||||
| The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Elizabeth | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by the Honorary Consul of Samoa and members of the UK Overseas Territories Association | plainsong Ave Maris Stella |
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| Tuesday, 2nd June 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong, marking the 400th anniversary of the deaconing of Nicholas Ferrar | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings |
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| Wednesday, 3rd June 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | First Evensong of Corpus Christi | Quire | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Eddy I lift up my eyes to the hills |
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| Thursday, 4th June 2026 | |||||
| Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion (Corpus Christi) | |||||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury | Josquin Missa Pange lingua Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster |
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| Friday, 5th June 2026 | |||||
| St Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, bishop, Apostle of Germany, martyr, 754 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings |
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| Saturday, 6th June 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings |
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